The woman hired as spokesperson to represent Minneapolis-Saint Paul hospitals in their current contract talks with nurses has been fired after a published report linked her to theft at a South Dakota hospital where she once worked. Trish Dougherty said that she is no longer representing the group of 14 hospitals. She said attorneys would not let her comment further, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.

Nurses in Duluth voted overwhelmingly to reject a new labor contract, setting the stage for a 24-hour strike. More than 90 percent of nurses who voted from St. Mary's Medical Center and SMDC Medical Center...

More than a month after Twin Cities hospitals and nurses settled their most bitter contract dispute in recent history, a similar battle is playing out in Duluth. Some 1,320 nurses who work for St. Mary's...

Anna Burger, a top labor leader at the SEIU and Change to Win, will leave that position, according to an official. Burger will retire from her positions as secretary-treasurer at the Service Employees...